Arnold Schwarzenegger has become the latest Hollywood star to dismiss suggestions that violent movies are to blame for gun massacres such as the recent killing of 20 children in Connecticut.

The iconic action star, who is currently promoting his new film The Last Stand, told reporters it was important to "keep [the two] separate". He said: "[This is] entertainment and the other thing is a tragedy beyond belief. It's really serious and it's the real deal." He added: "We have to analyse how we deal with mental illness, how we deal with gun laws, how we deal with parenting."

The 65-year-old actor, for whom The Last Stand is his first lead role since the end of a seven-year stint as governor of California, said the entire situation surrounding the deaths of 20 children and six staff at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut last month should be carefully looked at. "Everything has to be analysed; no stone [left] unturned," he said. "How can we do better with gun laws? If there are any loopholes, if there's a problem, let's analyse it Are we really dealing with the mental problems the right way as a society?"

Schwarzenegger also hinted that the culture surrounding gun enthusiasts might need to change in a reference to Connecticut killer Adam Lanza's mother Nancy, who was murdered with her own assault weapons. "Does a mother need to collect guns and take her little kids shooting?" the actor asked.

Hollywood alone isn't to blame. Hollywood and video games are more like promotional tools used on a public that is fed subjective reality in the schools and dangerously ill mental cases. Plus we're turning dangerous criminals loose who should never walk free.

Violent movies and games don't turn rational reality based people into killers.

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posted on 01/07/2013 5:35:30 AM PST
by cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)

You are correct. If smoking tends to have young people emulate it, so does mayhem, murder and brutality. ‘Fight Club’ came out and there were numerous incidents of organized fights in schools and other places where youngsters gathered. They wanted the black eyes, broken schnozzes and cuts their “heroes” had. My fix? Ban all entertainment out of Hollywood, instead of taking my rights away. They can get a job. I can’t get another Constitution (worth a shiite).

Hollywood is so full of hypocrites I can’t stand it. They say that their violent movies do not influence crazy people to commit atrocities but then make movies that promote their views like Promised Land to try and influence public opinion. So do movies influence their audiences or not which is it??? I guess it depends on whether they are getting blamed for an atrocity or getting credit for some activist activity.

This coming from a guy who took a $200K donation from an ACS PAC o they could install red light traffic cameras all over his state or big time profit. He may be a good actor but he sucks as a politician.

This coming from a guy who took a $200K donation from an ACS PAC o they could install red light traffic cameras all over his state for big time profit. He may be a good actor but he sucks as a politician.

This coming from a guy who took a $200K donation from an ACS PAC So they could install red light traffic cameras all over his state for big time profit. He may be a good actor but he sucks as a politician.

I’m not sure whose rights you are talking about. Not starting a fight. I said actors can get a job, kids can read a book for entertainment or play with themselves, or get a job. What exactly did you mean?

This also includes the aggressive modeling in the media of the sexual revolution as desirable, something you seldom see complained about anymore, since the revolutionaries have won so completely few even remember other ideals once existed.

Videos have no influence over us.
Think again. What goes into a person is what comes out of a person.

MARK 7:21-23
He went on: What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21 For it is from within, out of a persons heart, that evil thoughts comesexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.

One is “entertainment,” and the other “tragedy beyond belief,” as if the extremeness of the latter excludes its relation to the former. Who makes up this senseless crap for dunces to say? Hollywood hammers away at our culture, our sensibilities, our morality and beliefs, but hides from blame behind the curtain of entertainment. Arnold and his associates are mass murderers, influencing broken minds.

Even back in the “innocent” days of the 1950’s, movies and TV inspired crazes of Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, etc., “cap pistols”; toy soldiers and toy army guns were the rage. There wasn’t a big market for these type toys until movies and TV made them “famous”.

This influence grew, and the toy weapons became so realistic that laws had to be passed to put orange tips on the guns to distinguish them from real ones.

The big uptick in karate and other martial arts happened in the 60’s and 70’s with the advent of ninja movies and other karate arts stars.

Hollywood is, and has always been, a catalyst for violence.

The difference is, back in the 50’s parents and church taught young people the difference between fantasy and reality, and that killing and violence were wrong.

But there are plenty of todays movies that incorporate violence just for the sake of violence. Where actor dialogue is simply a bridge from one shooting scene to the next. Where chainsaws and hockey masks define the horror and allow the special effects guys to purchase a lot of stage blood for their part in the sequences.

Schwartzenegger loves to dance a little sidestep, like most politicians. He knows it’s b.s. just like we do.

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posted on 01/07/2013 9:39:19 AM PST
by FrankR
(They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)

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